AM Headlines — 4.23.12

Grief-stricken owners arrive at the scene of a horse barn fire in Billings, Mont., on Monday. Fire officials say 20 horses died when a fire destroyed a large horse barn at High Plains Stables on the west end of Billings. Story here. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Larry Mayer)

• Warm & sunny, with flood and storm warnings /SR
• Grieving mom erects cross at Idaho prison gates /AP
• Airsoft guns prompt school lockdown /Anusha Roy, KXLY
• Barker: Idaho flexes muscles on alien mollusk /Statesman
• Suspended Meridian midwives OK $5M deal /John Miller, AP
• Rape law change prompts mixed feelings /Alison Gene Smith, TFTN
• Spring Dash temperatures in 70s greet runners /Bill Buley, CdA Press
• 18YO, badly hurt in accident, returns to bike Spring Dash /Bill Buley, Press
• Congressional candidate calls felony ‘fly in the ointment’ /Betsy Russell, EOB
• Gingrich sends cashier’s check to replace bounced one /Betsy Russell, EOB
• Labrador contemplated coup against Speaker Boehner /Sean Cockerham, Statesman
• Orbusmax Special: Oregon middle-schooler who had a heart attack during basketball practice in January, dies during baseball practice here